At least he did reply! seems like most wouldnt give the time of day. When i went into Petco today, there was green algea in all the betta cups, cuz they are in sunlight kinda, looks like they had not been changed since last tuesday when i was there picking up some ladies for my sorority... :(

I was in PetCo today and there was a dead Betta and a poor guy with clamped fins covered with Ick. I really, really wanted to take him home and try to treat him, but I have nowhere else to put another fish.

It's ridiculous how uneducated some of these petstore employees are. I admit that the Petco by me isn't perfect - I've seen one dead betta and a few dead goldfish, but it sounds a LOT better than some of the PetSmarts and WalMarts you guys have been describing.

I want to apply for a job at my local Petco. I bet if you tried to apply for a job at some of these places, they'd tell you that they already have too many people! Yeah, too bad they don't know anything about the live creatures they're selling!